October 11, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Bona Jones (GoPack.com) Program Spotlight: Curtis Underwood Persistent. That’s the one word that defines Curtis Underwood’s football career at NC State. Now a fifth-year senior in 2011, that one word is paying off in a big way in his final season in Raleigh. “There’s still a lot of work […]
Monday Musings
October 10, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Rested, healthy Pack expects strong finish After N.C. State’s 38-24 win over Central Michigan on Saturday, an official from the Belk Bowl congratulated Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien at the Murphy Center after O’Brien’s post-game news conference. “I hope you guys get on a streak here,” the […]
Gameday Notes
October 8, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Caulton Tudor (N&O) O’Brien’s audacity of hope Beat Central Michigan today, then wait for the cavalry – that’s been a big part of Tom O’Brien’s message all week. The fifth-year N.C. State football coach staked out that path on Monday and talked it up again Tuesday and Wednesday. But […]
Friday Farrago
October 7, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL The Sports Xchange TSX: Sweezy’s Return A Plus — The Wolfpack has avoided a three-game losing streak only in one season (2010) over the past five years. In order to prevent such a streak this year, the Wolfpack must win Saturday against visiting Central Michigan. “I told the guys […]
Thursday Compendium
October 6, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL PackPride.com TELECONFERENCE: Tom O’Brien Quotes What were some of the things that you thought your defense did particularly well and particularly not well against Georgia Tech last weekend? Well, I think we gave up — when you look at how they were throwing the football and they were averaging […]
Tuesday Tidbits
October 4, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Wolfpack Defense Changes Gears for Central Michigan After a crash course in defending the option last week, and drilling against Cincinnati’s short passing attack the week before, the NC State coaching staff must game-plan for yet another philosophy as Central Michigan brings its smash-mouth style of play to […]
Gameday News
October 1, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Fordham cleared to play for Pack N.C. State’s offensive line, which struggled against Cincinnati, will be deeper with the addition of guard/center Cameron Fordham. The LSU transfer was cleared Friday by the NCAA to play in Saturday’s game against No. 21 Georgia Tech. Fordham, who was […]
Friday Farrago
September 30, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Will State captain Sweezy play against Georgia Tech? Under normal circumstances, a player being listed as “questionable†for an upcoming game would be cause for concern, not hope. But these are anything but normal circumstances for th N.C. State football team. That’s why the change in […]
Thursday Compendium
September 29, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Meet Jacob Kahut When both junior Brian Slay and sophomore A.J. Ferguson went down with injuries at Cincinnati, a thin defensive tackle position got even thinner. Already out were fifth-year senior J.R. Sweezy and redshirt freshman Thomas Teal. State was down to two healthy defensive tackles […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
September 28, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Wolfpack waiting for reinforcements, but can they arrive in time? The good news is that Sweezy (broken foot), Rieskamp (shoulder), Slay (ankle) and several others – including linebacker Terrell Manning (knee) and running back Mustafa Greene (broken foot) – are all expected back on the field […]
